Episode 21: Morning Rituals for a Better Life
On this episode of The Friday Habit podcast, we are finishing up the discussion started last week about the daily rituals that Mark and Ben practice to help them be more productive while still having plenty of time with their families. Ben gets up and intentionally gives his wife some time to herself before he leaves for work, fixing her coffee, and taking care of breakfast for the kids so she can prepare for the day. Next, he usually goes for a run with his son followed by taking a cold shower and riding his electric bike or one-wheel to work. Once he gets to work, he immediately jumps into the most important task that he has set aside for himself the night before, using the pomodoro technique and/or the Portal app to help him concentrate.
Mark wakes up before the rest of his family so he can have his coffee and take time to clear his head before starting his day. Next, he goes to the gym (when it is open) and spends some time in the sauna followed by heading to work on his electric bike if the weather is good. Once he gets to work, he gets to a zero inbox using the Spark mail app. This app allows you to easily categorize emails, snooze them if you want to be reminded to reply later, schedule emails to be sent later, collaborate with team members, and create and use templates. Another mail app that Ben recommends is Tempo, which is set up to make you focus on only one message at a time.
Your action item after this episode is to think through your current routine and consider tweaks that you can make to jumpstart your productivity and creativity in the morning.
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